Friday, March 18, 2016

Black Dems aren't turning out for Hillary like they did for Obama

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary
Clinton has to worry about a steep drop-off of the black vote that could imperil
her chances of winning the White House in November, an analysis has found.

The number of African-Americans who voted in Tuesday’s
primaries plummeted by an estimated 40 percent in Ohio, 38 percent in Florida
and 34 percent in North Carolina compared with the 2008 Democratic primary when
Barack Obama was on the ballot, reported the advocacy group Black Votes Matter.

Record numbers of African-American voters flocked to the
polls to elect and re-elect America’s first black president.

Analysts expected some drop-off, but not the enormous
numbers recorded Tuesday.

The decline provides an opening for likely GOP presidential
nominee Donald Trump to win the presidency, King warned.

“It will be very hard for the Hillary campaign alone to
have a message that excites Reagan Democrats and the 4 million new black Barack
Obama voters to come out and vote. That is why Donald Trump poses a real
challenge,” he said.

“And if that is not corrected, a number of states like
Ohio, Florida and Virginia can turn to Republican-leaning states . . . Trump
could become president.

In 2012, the black vote provided Obama with slim margins
of victory over GOP nominee Mitt Romney in Florida (50-49 percent), Ohio
(50-48), Virginia (51-48) and Pennsylvania (52-47). It also put North Carolina
in play for a Democrat for the first time in decades.

Clinton supporters said the thought of a Trump presidency
would change all that.

“There will be a spiritual fervor for Democrats to come
out and vote,” said Clinton fundraiser and Democratic National Committee member
Robert Zimmerman.

About This Blog & the National Black Republican Association

Lieutenant Colonel Frances Rice, United States Army, Retired is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and retired from the Army in 1984 after 20 years of active service. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Drury College in 1973, a Masters of Business Administration from Golden Gate University in 1976, and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1977.
In 2005, she became a co-founder and Chairman of the National Black Republican Association, an organization that is committed to returning African Americans to their Republican Party roots.
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